Greenland — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Greenland, 1970–2023.
GDP per capita for Greenland was 58,499 in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 54 years, from 1970 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1,498 in 1970 (about 39.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.16% per year.
Greenland ranks 26 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 12%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 32,959, so Greenland sits above it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 23%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 18 of 57 economies; United Kingdom (57,602) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 45% in 1986. That is 12% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1970 level: doubled by 1974; grown tenfold by 1988. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 37th of 146 in 1970 → 30th of 163 in 1980 → 25th of 192 in 1990 → 37th of 204 in 2000 → 26th of 212 in 2010 → 16th of 210 in 2020 → 21st of 204 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 1970 to 2023
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 58,498.97 | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 55,635 | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 58,135.99 | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 54,812.67 | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 53,309.2 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 54,545.14 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 50,765.75 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 48,181.75 | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 44,536.35 | -11.8% |
| 2014 | 50,485.22 | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 47,535.49 | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 45,936.96 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 47,186.88 | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 44,277.2 | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 44,918.84 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 44,366.79 | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 39,780.94 | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 35,457.63 | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 32,489.73 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 32,031 | +16.6% |
| 2003 | 27,466.65 | +33.0% |
| 2002 | 20,657.95 | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 19,265.52 | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 19,009.08 | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 20,170.32 | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 20,496.58 | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 19,145.61 | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 21,422.46 | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 21,665.83 | +19.5% |
| 1994 | 18,124.1 | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 16,797.36 | -10.5% |
| 1992 | 18,768.83 | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 18,315.32 | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 18,326.93 | +9.0% |
| 1989 | 16,813.74 | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 16,397.95 | +12.7% |
| 1987 | 14,554.35 | +29.1% |
| 1986 | 11,271.33 | +45.2% |
| 1985 | 7,760.83 | +7.8% |
| 1984 | 7,198.71 | -9.9% |
| 1983 | 7,988.18 | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 7,813.65 | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 8,544.1 | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 9,483.1 | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 8,480.76 | +17.2% |
| 1978 | 7,235.52 | +26.6% |
| 1977 | 5,713.96 | +17.9% |
| 1976 | 4,844.66 | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 4,257.88 | +24.0% |
| 1974 | 3,432.71 | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 2,860.28 | +30.2% |
| 1972 | 2,196.71 | +17.2% |
| 1971 | 1,874.3 | +25.1% |
| 1970 | 1,498.28 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Greenland’s GDP per capita in 1971?
1,874.3 (1971). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Greenland’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Greenland’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1970 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +3804.4% in total — about 7.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 58,498.97; 2022: 55,635; 2021: 58,135.99; 2020: 54,812.67; 2019: 53,309.2. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.